From policy to practice: How competency-based education is evolving

(From ChristensenInstitute.org):

By Julia Freeland

In 2005, New Hampshire abolished the Carnegie unit—the core unit around which schools typically measure credit hours. In its place, the state mandated that all high schools measure credit according to students’ mastery of material, rather than time spent in class. This policy shift created the first-ever statewide effort to create a competency-based education system. READ MORE HERE